Former Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg fears Arsene Wenger may leave the
club if he is offered a bigger transfer budget to work with elsewhere.

Wenger has nurtured talent rather than spending big money - but Arsenal have not won a trophy since 2005 and are virtually out of the Premier League title race this season.

Ljungberg, who won the title twice under Wenger, said: "If he gets a great opportunity somewhere where they spend more money and win things, maybe that's a possibility. At the same time he likes to bring up new players and he has been at Arsenal a long time.

"I know he is a winner; he always wants to win - just as much as the players. He gets as angry as the players when we lose.

"When they are not winning, or they are fourth or fifth, I know he is not happy about not winning."

Ljungberg, now at Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders in America, feels money is an important factor in Arsenal's trophy drought.